Plastic stopper with guarantee strip

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A PLASTIC STOPPER DEVICE FOR RELEASABLY SEALING THE ORIFICE IN THE NECK OF A CONTAINER COMPRISING A LOWER BELT PORTION FOR SECURING SAID STOPPER DEVICE TO SAID NECK OF THE CONTAINER, A CAPTIVE LID PORTION HAVING AN OUTER SKIRT INCLUDING BEAD MEANS FOR SEALING SAID ORIFICE, AT LEAST ONE HINGE STRAP INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH SAID BELT PORTION AND SAID LID PORTION INTERCONNECTING SAME FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID LID PORTION ABOUT A HINGLE POINT BETWEEN A SEALING POSITION PARALLEL TO SAID BELT PORTION AND AN OPEN POSITION GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR THERETO, A TEAR-OFF GUARANTEE STRIP BETWEEN SAID LOWER BELT PORTION AND SAID LID PORTION FOR PRECLUDING MOVEMENT OF SAID LID PORTION TO SAID OPEN POSITION UNTIL SAID GUARANTEE STRIP IS TORN OFF, AND MEANS ON SAID BELT PORTION AND SAID LID PORTION FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID LID IN ITS OPEN POSITION, SAID HOLDING MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF OUTER LUGS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE OF SAID PORTIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HINGE POINT, SAID LUGS HAVING PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM EACH LUG TOWARD THE OTHER FORMING A DECREASED SPACING THEREBETWEEN, SAID HOLDING MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE OUTER ARM EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER OF SAID PORTIONS AT SAID HINGE POINT, THE OUTER END OF SAID ARM HAVING A PAIR OF EARS EXTENDING SIDEWARDLY THEREFROM A DISTANCE GREATER THAN SAID DECREASED SPACING, SAID ARM BEING POSITIONED TO BE ENGAGED BETWEEN SAID LUGS WHEN SAID LID IS IN ITS OPEN POSITION, SAID EARS ON SAID OUTER LUGS AND SAID PROJECTIONS ON SAID INTERMEDIATE OUTER ARM RESILIENTLY ENGAGING EACH OTHER FOR OPPOSING MOVEMENT OF SAID LID INTO ITS SEALING POSITION, SAID INTERMEDIATE ARM AND SAID OUTER LUGS BEING FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID BELTP PORTION, LID PORTION AND GUARANTEE TEAR STRIP OF A RESILIENT PLASTIC MATERIAL.